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the primaries ; this brown mark increasing in extent towards the 

 outer feathers, which are margined with white externally ; the 

 innermost secondaries brown like the greater wing-coverts ; tail- 

 feathers blackish brown with scarcely any pale margin, except 

 to the centre feathers and the outermost, which is white along the 

 outer web ; a buffy-white eyebrow ; lores also bufFy white ; feathers 

 below the eye white ; ear-coverts whitish, tinged with sandy buff, 

 and with distinct spots of black ; throat, cheeks, and sides of neck 

 wliite ; remainder of under surface of body white with a tinge of 

 sandy buff on the sides of the body and thighs ; the lower throat, 

 fore neck, and chest with distinct tx-iaugular black spots ; sides of 

 upper breast strongly washed with sandy buff; under wing-coverts 

 cinnamon-buff ; quill-lining deeper ferruginous : " bill horny brown 

 above, fleshy below ; legs llesh-colour ; iris hazel " {E. A. Butler). 

 Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3, tail 2, tarsus 0'8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller. Total length 

 5-8 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3-05, tail 2, tarsus 0-85. 



Founr/ birds are profusely mottled with black, after the manner 

 of young Larks, and the rufous on the wing is even more pronounced 

 than in the adults, with very little dusky brown at the ends of the 

 feathers. 



The adults in winter plumage seem to differ from the summer 

 plumage only in having the light edges to the feathers rather 

 broader, imparting a more mealy appearance. 



Hah. North-western India as far east as the Assensole district, 

 and south to Central India, the Deccan, and the Carnatic. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c, d. (S ad. sk. 



e,f. 6 ad. ; g. $ 



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Moolu, Kattiawar, Feb. 25. 



Deesa, April, July, Dec. {E. A. 



Butler). 

 Sambhur, March, May, July (-E. 



A. Adam). 

 Oodeypore, Feb. 12 [G.King). 

 Ajmere, Dec. (^-1. O. H.). 

 Delhi. 



Rohtuk Dist., Feb. 

 Sona, Gurgaon Dist., Jan. [A. 



0. 11.) . 

 Umbala, Jan. [Br. Scott). 

 Shahpur, March, Oct. 

 Saliarunpur, Nov. (G. F. L. 



Marshall). 

 Saharunpur ( T. C. Jerdon). 

 Ferozopur, Jan. 24 {C. II. T. 



Marshall). 

 Lahore, Jan. 4 (C. II. T. M.). 

 Etawah Dist., March, Julv, 



Sept., Nov., Dec. (A. O. H. 



^- W. E. Brooks). 

 Jhansi, Sept. 

 Snugor, July. 

 Luckuow, April 10. 



Col. Hayes Lloyd 



[P.]. 

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Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

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 Hume CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 

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Twefddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

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Hume Coll. 

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